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I created a new issue. Each incident should be a new issue in my opinion. This helps demonstrate the seriousness.
Tonight, between 6 and 6:30 pm there was another mugging on Court
Street between Olive and Artizan Streets near the Friendship House
apartments. 2 men slammed a neighbor to the ground and took his
wallet and cell phone. Coincidentally, a coworker of the victim was
on his way home at the end of the incident and called the police.
Details are still coming in and I will let you know when I have a full
description of the attackers.
Please, do not walk home after dark on Court Street on the north side
of the street. Walk with a friend, do whatever you can to stay safe.
Go on SeeClickFix.com and comment and vote to have the muggings
STOPPED!!!!
44 Commentaires
Steve (Invité)
Pat-Wooster Square Neighborhood (Invité)
Laura Miles (Invité)
Yes - undercover cops would totally solve this problem, because you can pretty much predict that a mugging will occur between 5:30 and 7 any weekday night on Court between Artizan and Olive. If the cops hung out near that parking lot, it would be an arrest smorgasbord. A cop car nearby simply puts off the mugging till the next night, and the guys still get away no problem.
Attn CITY! -- an easy solution -- an easy arrest -- post some undercovers!!!!
Concerned Citizen and Taxpayer (Invité)
Russell Wilson (Utilisateur inscrit)
Chris (Invité)
There is only one way to solve this issue and I'm unsure as to why the leadership in NHPD refuses to allot additional officers to our neighborhood. It's obvious that the City's response to our calls have been ignored.
The vast majority of these occurrences happened within a 50 yard radius. It's not difficult...Correct this issue with appropriate lighting and additional officers on patrol.
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Here's another Suggestion:
I believe that there is a housing authority property at Artizan and Court.
Are there lights for the sidewalk on that building?
Bill (Invité)
Why is there no action on the part of our neighborhood Alderman, the Police Department and the Mayor's office?
1. Light the bridge!!!!
2. Reduce crime!!!!
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Russell Wilson (Utilisateur inscrit)
Chris (Invité)
Tonight is Mayor DeStefano's Night In. From the City Website:
Mayor’s Night In
On the first Tuesday of every month, I hold Mayor’s Night In at City Hall. This event is an opportunity for residents to meet with me to discuss you your questions, concerns, and suggestions for our City. I encourage residents to stop by Tuesday, December 1st at 5 p.m
Pedro Soto (Utilisateur inscrit)
Russel, I'm hoping that the Chief at least knows about this if not the person taking the phones, but great job on calling that office directly. One other avenue opened.
I also agree that undercover officers would probably solve this problem within a day or so. Criminals are pretty dumb. They do what works until it doesn't anymore. You can be darn sure that they'll be there again tonight until they get caught.
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
You guys might want to try to the print flier button above and post some of these issues around the neighborhood as well.
We just released that feature last week. Please let us know what you think.
Karri (Invité)
Jen_McFadden (Invité)
You should use this forum as a means to collect suggestions to present to the Mayor this evening. Perhaps Karri and others can aggregate comments to pass on? So far, it seems like the suggestions include the following:
1) Better lighting on the bridge, leading up to the intersection of Court & Olive.
2) Increased Police presence--perhaps via an undercover operation.
3) Organized neighborhood watches.
4) Having Downtown Ambassadors or others serve as escorts.
Are there other suggestions that people have?
Karri (Invité)
Alderman Michael Smart (Invité)
To concerned neighbors:
Alderman Smart has asked me to brief you on your concerns about the serious lighting issue in the vicinity of the Court Street bridge between State and Artizan, and the action he has taken. He is aware of the serious problem here with the extremely poor lighting on that bridge which goes over the trains tracks on Court St. It is very dimly lit and a real public safety hazard. Staff has been in consultation with Seb Asadourian (the city's streetlighting manager) and with City Engineer Richard Miller to see how this problem can be remedied at the earliest possible time. They have heard your concerns and those of Ald. Smart and are very aware of the problem here. Director Miller assured that they are actively exploring all options to provide better lighting on this bridge and nearby . It is taking some thought because providing lighting on a bridge, especially one over train tracks, is particularly tricky. However, again, they know this is a serious public safety issue and are examining all the possibilities for improving the lighting on the bridge as soon as possible. Also, Ald. Smart has been monitoring the situation closely, and has just forwarded City Engineer Miller an email informing him of this latest mugging to emphasize the dangerous nature of the situation. Again, Ald. Smart regards this as a priority concern and is actively working to see this urgent public safety matter remedied. Hope this information is helpful.
-Mike Abeshouse (Legislative Services)
for Alderman Michael Smart, Ward 8
Karri (Invité)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
Bonnie Rosenberg (Invité)
Bonnie
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Anonymous (Invité)
Sorry,
That last comment was emailed in from Patricia.
That's why I See, Click, Fix too for the record though :-)
Michael (Invité)
Laura (Invité)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
I agree that getting residents of Smoothie involved in this thread, the neighborhood and resolving this issue it crucial for a solution.
Michael,
Can you point to some effective examples of the solar lights. I have heard of these as well but have a hard time finding things on-line with good examples of successful implementation.
Thanks,
Ben
Strouse Adler (Smoothie Bldg.) Tenant (Invité)
The Smoothie building residents discussed this issue at our tenants' association meeting last week and have alerted PMC, the property management company.
We have to pester PMC about a lot of things (in fact, we're a bit overwhelmed with serious concerns within the building right now), so I'm not sure whether or not we'll see any results. People outside the building are welcome to call, as well. Just make sure that you call it the "Strouse Adler Building."
Strouse Adler Tenant (Invité)
You can reach PMC at:
Apartments in New Haven (PMC Property Group)
900 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 776-7770
http://www.apartmentsinnewhaven.com/
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
Let's hope the response to lighting concerns here is better than it has been on the other building owned by PMC Property Group, where residents have been fighting for lights for years: See http://seeclickfix.com/issues/809 for details and links to news coverage.
I'm sure many of the people who use Court Street also use this route on Chapel at night, so please vote on both!
ben (Invité)
Dennis Rosario (Invité)
Janna (Invité)
Dennis Rosario (Invité)
Dennis Rosario (Invité)
Jen_McFadden (Invité)
Steve (Invité)
Frankie (Invité)
Dear Alderman Smart and Mayor Destefano:
Where are the "temporary" lights on Chapel Street?
Has anyone with the city followed-up with the Smoothie building management to upgrade the lighting in the back alley along Chapel Street?
Wooster Sq Watch (Invité)
Wooster Sq Watch (Invité)
At last night's Wooster Square Watch meeting, our guests were Rob Smuts, Chief Administrative Officer for Mayor DeStefano, Seb Asadourian, City Engineer, Lt. Rebecca Sweeney and Officer Pete Krause from NHPD.
They updated us on three main issues pertaining to the recent muggings in the area: lighting, patrolling and other measures.
The short term solution ifor the lighting issue on Court St. is a “light the night” light on an existing post on the corner of Artizan and Court. If you have walked on Court this week, you should have seen it. While it doesn’t throw a lot of light on the bridge, it does brighten up the area and the city has contracted for this light for the next year.
As a long term solution, they have proposed solar lighting. They are already in the design stage and would be the first if this kind in the city. They have done a photometric analysis and determined that 3 light solar light fixtures will provide light all the way across the bridge. They will go to bid the project in mid January and once they have a bid, it will probably take 6 weeks for the solar lights to arrive and be installed. Rob Smuts said he would keep us in the loop every step of the way, but by my calculation we are looking at early March. Keep your fingers crossed.
Lt. Sweeney talked about the work the NHPD has been doing in the neighborhood to combat the recent muggings. The NHPD have been doing detective work in our area and have made 2 arrests. They have also been in constant contact with neighboring property owners in order to engage their residents.
In addition, the City is exploring the potential use of security cameras on Court Street. This effort would take a little longer as we would want to involve the public in establishing standards for camera use. They are also looking into how to better engage other property owners such as the Smoothie Building. Wooster Sq Watch members in the Smoothie building are helping to engage their residents and hopefully their manager. Rob’s team has also contacted the parking authority re: lighting in the parking lot on Court and Olive.
There is a lot here and a full report is available to those on our email alert list. We will be following up on these and other issues as we move into the new year.
Anything else? (Invité)
Has anyone discussed why these people need to mug someone? I am not by any means supporting muggings and want them stopped. I'm just worried that we think we are fixing this problem but might be masking it with police presence and force.
Now I don't know what is actually causing these things to happen but I would like to shift the discussion towards more in depth view of what is happening and where it is coming from.
I say this because I wonder why things like this happen to begin with and how our "failsafe" reaction of police force addresses the problem. Just wondering and interested in hearing what people have to say.
Frankie (Invité)
Anything else:
*Substance abuse/dependance
*Homelessness
*Gang related activity
*State of Connecticut Judicial System - Get out of jail - drop off zone = City of New Haven, Hamilton Street. Theme: survive on your own.
Results in crime recitivism.
As a result of Wednesday's Crime Watch meeting, some individuals have recommended reaching out to the Co-op board at Friendship House. Maybe it is time to integrate the the board and residents into the Wooster Square Blockwatch?
Steve (Invité)
An environment that's strewn with trash -- alcohol containers, cigarette packages, fast food trash -- signals that "nobody here cares so do what you want." It implies a certain lawlessness, a license to behave as you please.
One thing everyone can do is to carry an empty plastic grocery back in our back pocket and make it a habit to keep the streets clean.
It's important.
Wooster Sq Watch (Invité)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
Were any arrests made in this particular case? Either way it may be time to close this issue, given that nearly a year has elapsed. Please re-post if you notice any new safety issues.
Email newhavensafestreets (at) gmail.com if you are interested in working with a citywide group to lobby for improved pedestrian lighting and conditions.
Clos CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)